Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
एतत्सर्वं यथा वृत्तमाचक्ष्व द्विजसत्तम । श्रोतुमिच्छामि विप्रेन्द्र भीमार्जुनयमैः सह
etatsarvaṃ yathā vṛttamācakṣva dvijasattama | śrotumicchāmi viprendra bhīmārjunayamaiḥ saha
اے بہترین دِویج! یہ سب کچھ جیسے واقع ہوا، مجھے بیان کیجیے۔ اے برہمنوں کے سردار! میں بھیما، ارجن اور دونوں جڑواں بھائیوں کے ساتھ یہ حکایت سننا چاہتا ہوں۔
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira requests a full account from the sage, with Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva seated in attentive semicircle, suggesting disciplined listening.
FAQs
Hearing sacred narration (kathā-śravaṇa) with sincerity and good company is itself a dharmic act that opens the way to understanding tīrtha-glories.
Not directly; the verse sets up the narration that will explain the Narmadā-bank sacred event.
No formal rite; the implied practice is śravaṇa—listening to the Purāṇic account.